In recent years, the rapid advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has led to its increasingly pervasive integration within the domain of higher education. Although the implications of AI--both its opportunities and challenges--have been widely acknowledged, scholarly inquiry into effective strategies and methodological frameworks for leveraging its potential while mitigating associated risks remains relatively underdeveloped. This study investigates the transformative potential of AI in driving innovation and progress within the higher education sector, as well as the challenges that universities and colleges are likely to encounter. It concludes that, in terms of opportunities and potential, AI can support university professors in delivering feedback and assessment, enhance students' learning, and improve administrative and management processes. However, higher education is grappling with a range of pressing challenges, notably those related to academic honesty and the standard of academic work, inaccuracies generated by AI, and the exacerbation of educational inequality. In response, this article advances several recommendations, including the promotion of diversified assessment approaches to facilitate the development of AI-resistant evaluation methods, alongside the creation of effective policy measures and strategic approaches that promote the accountable use of AI technologies.

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In recent years, feminist film theory has continued to reflect on the structures of the patriarchal gaze in mainstream cinema. This paper is based on Laura Mulvey’s theory of the "male gaze" and combines it with bell hooks’ concept of the "oppositional gaze". It examines the visual subjectivity and counter-gaze strategies of the female protagonist Song Seo-rae in Park Chan-wook’s Decision to Leave. Using close reading to analyze camera language, character dynamics and narrative architecture, we reveal how Song Seo-rae negotiates her subjectivity through the act of seeing under the condition of being seen. The research is centered around the following questions: whether women can truly look, and whether Song Seo-rae's gaze constitutes a challenge to the gaze system of patriarchal hierarchy. The findings indicate that her "counter-gaze" operates as performative empowerment. Her scopic sovereignty is consistently obedient to patriarchal narratives. Her scopic sovereignty is consistently obedient to patriarchal narratives. While it satisfies a male’s desires of her, it leads to her self-destructive endings. Decision to Leave thus articulates a complex, paradoxical feminist gaze praxis: one that simultaneously reinscribes patriarchal norms and lightens a female’s awakening and negotiation of gaze sovereignty.

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Article 12 of the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law of the People's Republic of China grants Chinese citizens and organizations the right to seek judicial remedies by initiating legal proceedings in a People's Court when their rights and interests are infringed upon by discriminatory restrictive measures imposed by foreign states. Although the law stipulates that affected parties may bring an action for recovery under anti-sanctions, the provision's general and abstract nature presents certain issues in its practical application that further analysis and discussion are needed. Moreover, such litigation is not the sole means of recourse available to the parties; in practice, they may also agree to submit their disputes to arbitration. However, given that sanction measures often implicate public interest and national sovereignty, uncertainty exists as to whether an arbitral tribunal may, according to an arbitration agreement, adjudicate such disputes. With neither current international law nor domestic legislation offering explicit guidance on this conflict, this paper argues that in instances where a conflict arises between litigation jurisdiction and an arbitration agreement, precedence should be given to litigation jurisdiction. This approach facilitates the convenient resolution of disputes in a manner consistent with the underlying objectives of anti-sanction recovery actions.

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In the context of global economic integration, multinational corporations have become a significant force in driving global economic growth. However, the issue of their social responsibility in host countries is becoming increasingly prominent. This article focuses on two key issues: protecting the interests of multinational company employees and addressing environmental responsibilities. In practice, some multinational companies have engaged in labor rights violations, such as underpaying wages, excessive overtime, and neglecting occupational health and safety, as well as environmental pollution and ecological destruction. Although China's Company Law clearly requires enterprises to assume social responsibilities, there are still legal loopholes in practice, including double standards on environmental issues, lack of transparency, inadequate labor protection, and the gig economy's evasion of responsibilities. To address these issues, this article proposes a multi-level legal regulatory system: implementing mandatory environmental liability insurance, refining environmental information disclosure, adding a special chapter on cross-border employee rights protection, standardizing labor relations in the gig economy, and strengthening cross-border law enforcement cooperation and social supervision mechanisms. The aim is to achieve a balance between the economic benefits and social responsibilities of multinational companies, thereby ensuring the sustainable development of host countries.

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